A very intense week on tour
The China swing on the European tour is over and there was another playoff to decide it. South Africa's Dylan Fritelli looked strong all week and had a handsome lead coming down the stretch. A water ball on 13 and some composed golf from Alexander Levy however halted Fritelli in his tracks. With these two teeing it up in the playoff, the outcome was inevitable - It was the Frenchman Levy who prevailed.
The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a great event, it's not often that we see team events on tour, this being a pairs format. Foursomes on day one and three, fourballs on days 2 and 4. There were some strong looking pairings, Ooisthuizen & Grace being one of them; however, it was another playoff to try and separate Jonas Blixt/Cameron Smith & Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown. The two pairs finishing on 27 under for 72 holes. The playoff was won by Blixt & Cameron which comes with the added prize of a 2 year PGA tour exemption.
A huge congratulations to Lucy
Huge congratulations to Lucy Jamieson for successfully defending her Cheshire County Championship title at Vicars Cross. Lucy finished second in the strokeplay qualifying then had some impressive wins in the match play en route to the final. She triumphed 2&1 over Poppy Finlay to lift the trophy.
12 hole stableford
In the last 12 hole stableford of the series, Trevor Starkey Jones carded a winning score of 27, Marcus White was second with 26, third was John Body with 25. In the ladies event Jackie Walker claimed top spot with 25, one back in second was Wendy Smith. Third with 21 was Christine Hancock.
Saturday's 4BBB
The white tees were in play for the last Saturday comp before the new greens are unveiled. Scoring in this 4BBB was noticeably more difficult off the full course, despite the bucket holes, but was still excellent nonetheless. The winning pair were the father and son team of Rod & Mike Delf with 44 points, following that there was a rook of 43's, brothers Tom & John Dolan grabbed second place with Shaun Carter & Alan Jones finishing third. Special mention for ex-captain Chris Hornsby for recording a hole in one on the 14th.
Bank holiday mixed comp
The second bank holiday Mixed competition of the year was a greensomes, both players to tee off, then alternate shots from the best ball. The winners with 43 points were Pete Walsh & Kate Sellars. Runners up with 41 were Paul & Barbara Jamieson, third, also with 41 were Peter & Alice Rogers.
Ladies Tuesday comp
The ladies played their last Tuesday comp on the temp greens in a stableford. In division one Christina Hornsby carded an excellent 40 points to take top spot, runner up was Barbara Jamieson with 38, third was Clare Palmer on the same score. Margaret Shepherd won her first comp since joining us this year with a 38 in division two, runner up with 37 was Hilary Sharpe, third with 36 was Jackie Walker. Ann Scriven pipped Chris Bates to the win in division three after they both scored 36, runner up with 35 was Sylvia Comer. Jenny Jackson won division four by 5 shots with 39, runner up was Thea Cornford, third, also with 34, was Kath Grainger.
Off to a flying start
The Men's Scratch Team started their title defence with a tough opener away at Wallasey on Tuesday. Heswall won 2.5 v 0.5: Tom Dolan and Dave Cederholm halved in game 1, Adam Moore and Ethan Smith continued their unbeaten partnership winning 4&3 in game 2 and Charlie Berry and Jon Little won 2&1 in game 3.
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The cherry on top
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Upcoming clinics
The next shortgame clinic and playing lesson will take place on Tuesday 9th of May. Places are limited to 9 on a first come first served basis. I've had some great feedback from members who attended the last one saying that they can see the difference already, especially in their confidence, which in golf is a key ingredient.
The ladies section have kindly laid on some coaching sessions for our junior members. These will be also be done in clinic form so that we can open them to a larger number each time. There will be 6 sessions with an open invitation to all junior members, the more the merrier. They will be predominantly after school during term time so as to capture more people. The dates will be emailed out shortly so keep an eye out.
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